Plesner appoints two new Associate Partners

Plesner is pleased to welcome new Associate Partners Catherine Kendal Tholstrup and Lise Høy Falsner on 1 September 2011.

Catherine Kendal Tholstrup is appointed Associate Partner in Plesner's practice area Banking and Finance Law. Catherine has extensive international experience in providing advice on derivatives and structured capital market products. From 1997 to 2001 Catherine worked as a solicitor with Allen & Overy's derivatives group in London and for several years she was a driving force in establishing and developing Plesner's derivatives group.

Catherine is a frequent speaker on financial products and their regulation at international conferences and the appointment of Catherine contributes to securing Plesner's lead in the area.

Lise Høy Falsner is appointed Associate Partner in Plesner's practice area Employment and Labour Law. Lise has extensive experience in providing employment and labour law advice to public and semi-public businesses and she is a leading expert in Denmark in this area.

Lise also has extensive lecturing experience and is an extremely popular speaker on employment law at courses and conferences, in particular in relation to employees who are subject to publicly regulated terms of employment. Lise's expertise strengthens Plesner's leading position in the market and focuses on providing employment and labour law advice to public and semi-public clients.